The Simpsons made their TV debut in 1987 on Tracey Ullman's US TV sketch show.
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Dunn was also a regular on Michael Bentine's madcap sketch show It's a Square World.
Before Ben, two men and two women performed a mildewed sketch show of unmistakable Oxbridge vintage, circa 1994.
His other TV credits include include 1960s sketch show Do Not Adjust Your Set, Ripping Yarns and the Alan Bleasdale drama GBH.
Rounding out season 38 of the legendary sketch show will be Ben Affleck, who will make his fifth appearance on "SNL's" May 18 finale.
Apart from The Vicar of Dibley, French is best known for her comedy collaboration with Jennifer Saunders, the French and Saunders sketch show, which began in 1987.
Former lifetime achievement winner Ronnie Corbett is also up for best sketch show for The One Ronnie, against Come Fly With, Horrible Histories and Sky's This Is Jinsy.
The 55-year-old comedienne became a household name with her BBC sketch show Victoria Wood As Seen On TV and has gone on to create sitcom Dinner Ladies and West End Musical Acorn Antiques.
She met her future husband in a puppetry class at the University of Maryland in the mid-1950s and the pair created the five-minute TV sketch show Sam and Friends, a precursor to the Muppets that featured an early incarnation of Kermit.
Facebook founder and billionaire bachelor Mark Zuckerberg made a similar move earlier this year when he appeared on sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live.
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" But she's also done a few one-offs in niche comedy shows like David Wains' web series "Wainy Days, " comedian Demetri Martin's sketch comedy show, "Important Things With Demetri Martin, " and a guest spot on "How I Met Your Mother.
Titled Rosewater, the film tells the true story of a journalist imprisoned in Iran after appearing in a sketch on The Daily Show.
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